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or seignory
as in duchy
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Noun
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Some are now demanding the royals reimburse the NHS — and even ditch the duchies altogether.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
5 Nov. 2024 -
The outlet said that the duchies earned about $65 million last year, with the Duchy of Lancaster driving about $35 million for the King and the Duchy of Cornwall making about $30 million for William.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
4 Nov. 2024
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Princess Charlene of Monaco made a royal appearance at an event in the principality on Tuesday.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
29 Jan. 2025
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The principalities in Anatolia also put up a fierce fight against the Ottomans, who conquered the region in the fifteenth century.—
Halil Karaveli,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Mar. 2016
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He is paid hundreds of millions per year to play in the country, and frequently appears at events in the kingdom and in marketing to support its investments and tourism efforts.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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But storybook fortresses aren’t exclusive to mythical kingdoms and romantic tales.—
Gulnaz Khan,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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Another website is registered to a private domain in Iceland.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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As a general-purpose technology, AI capabilities are advancing across many domains at this blistering pace.—
Henry Papadatos,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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In the trailer, Pakistani-American brothers Mir (Asif Ali) and Raj (Saagar Shaikh) Dar discover that their father’s convenience store empire was nothing but a front, and that the real family business has been selling drugs all along.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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His business empire extends from power generation, airports, mining, ports, and cement.—
Yessar Rosendar,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2025
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Dramatically, the buildup to this state of unchecked dominion is more taut than the fallout, largely because Grabowsky’s fine, watchful performance contributes much of the tension as Rakel’s sheer powerlessness begins to dawn on her.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Urinetown, a defiantly scatological show that premiered on Broadway in 2001, is about a community in the throes of a drought where, thanks to the dominion of the Urine Good Company over the water supply, citizens must pay for the privilege of peeing.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Three Thai women were rescued after a group of Chinese gangsters enslaved them in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in order to harvest their eggs.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Yet, this republic collapsed quickly following the withdrawal of Soviet support and the subsequent execution of Qazi Mohammad, the head of the Republic, by the Shah’s security forces.—
Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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The crux of the problem is that the Constitution explicitly grants power to both federal and state governments – but the founders did not specify what to do if the two sovereigns disagree or how any ensuing struggle should be resolved.—
Claire B. Wofford,
The Conversation,
27 Jan. 2025
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The sovereign visited his daughter-in-law before his own procedure, and they were discharged a few days apart.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Seigniory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seigniory. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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